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Show 6988 Fortheringham- D 4976 A It was in 1888 and 1889. Q How did you get to the river? A We got to the river by Escalante. Q And at what point did you come down on to the river? A To the Hole- in- the- Rock. Q How many were in your party, Mr. Fortheringham? A There was four of us. Q What was the purpose of that trip? A Well, hunting gold. Q Hunting gold? Yes. Q How much of a load did you take with you down to the river there? A Well, I don't know how many thousand feet of lumber all down and got in down through the Hole- in- the- Rock to the river before we started to working, you see. We was along for a month, I guess, or more, getting the lumber down there. Q Besides your lumber, did you take in anything else? A Only provisions, is all, food. Q Tools? A What? Q Did you take some tools with you? |